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Br J Ophthalmol 2001;85:1260 doi:10.1136/bjo.85.10.1260
  • Letter to the Editor

Bilateral circumscribed haemangioma of the choroid not associated with systemic vascular syndrome

  1. PERRI PAOLO,
  2. INCORVAIA CARLO,
  3. COSTAGLIOLA CIRO,
  4. PARMEGGIANI FRANCESCO,
  5. GIUSEPPE LAMBERTI,
  6. PADUANO BEATRICE,
  7. SEBASTIANI ADOLFO
  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
  1. Paolo Perri, MD, Sezione di Clinica Oculistica, Dipartimento di Discipline Medico-Chirurgiche della Comunicazione e del Comportamento, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Corso Giovecca 203, 44100 Ferrara, Italy sbd{at}dns.unife.it   Accepted for publication 5 March 2001

    Editor,—Circumscribed choroidal haemangioma (CCH) is considered congenital, vascular, relatively rare hamartoma which typically occurs as a localised, monolateral lesion in patients without other vascular malformation. This tumour generally is discovered in adulthood and it is located in the macular area. CCH may be ophthalmoscopically confused with amelanotic melanoma, metastatic tumour, choroidal osteoma, disciform scar, serous detachment, and central serous chorioretinopathy, but may be differentially diagnosed with fluorescein angiography (FA), indocyanine green angiography (ICGA),1-3 ultrasonography, and periodic observation.4 The bilateral CCH localisation represents an extremely uncommon condition which, in literature, has been only reported in association with Sturge-Weber syndrome5 6 or Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome.7 To the best of our knowledge, this is the first documented case of bilateral CCHs in the absence of any other evidence of vascular systemic abnormalities.

    CASE REPORT

    A 81 year old white man was referred to our institution in June 1999 to undergo conservative therapy because of malignant choroidal melanoma of the left eye. He reported a 6 month history of bilateral, progressive reduction of the central vision, greater in his left eye. His best corrected visual acuity was 20/30 in the right eye and …

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